Improvement in bail-ears and lifter attachments



0. 'STITES. Pail Earand Lifter Attachment.

No. 221,876. Patented Nov. 18, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. STITES, OF GIHGINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAIL-EARS AND LIFTER ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of-Let-ters Patent No. 221,876, datedNovember 18, 1879; application filed September 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. sures, of

Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and usefulMeasure and Stable- Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, essentially, of an attachment for application tobuckets, or combined buckets and measures, comprising in one integralpiece ears to which the hail of said bucket may be attached, and ateither side a lifter or handle. Said bail-ears, being prolonged downwardand sidewise, terminate in obliquely-drooping flanges, which form thelifters, as hereinafter fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a partly-sectional elevationof a stable-bucket and measure embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one of my combined bail-ears and lifters. Fig. 3 isa vertical section of the same, in which the strong lines represent themalleable casting as it is withdrawn from the mold, while the dottedlines indicate the position of the flange or lifter after it has beenbent to its permanent form.

A may represent the body, and B the bottom, of some measure of capacity,such as a half-bushel measure. The body is preferably of sheet metal,and the bottom a stout disk of wood bound with iron before its insertionin the body. The upper margin of the body is preferably stiffened by astout hoop, O, and when to be used for liquids the lower margin issimilarly inclosed in another stout hoop or band, 1). These hoops,having been punched or drilled, are heated and shrunk upon the body, towhich they are permanently fastened, the upper hook, O, by rivets, andthe lower hook, D, by nails, which are driven through the body into thewooden bottom.

G may represent any suitable lifting-bail, whose hooks g are preferablylarge and somewhat open, in order to facilitate engagement anddisengagement at will.

The bail-ears H are preferably of malleable iron, extend downwardandsidewise, and terminate in obliquely drooping flanges or lifters I, tofacilitate the use of the vessel in the capacity of a measure.

In order that the bail-ear pattern maybe readily withdrawn from themold, its flange I projects rectangularly, as shown by strong lines inFig. 3, and after the casting has been annealed the flange is heated andbent to its permanent form, as shown at I, Figs. 1 and 2,

and by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The above-described bail-ear, prolonged downward and sidewise, andhaving the obliquely-drooping lower projection, constitutes adistinguishing feature of my improvement.

Being especially designed to supersede the ordinary destructible woodenpail or bucket used for watering stock, &c., the size of the vessel ispreferably that of a half-bushel measure; but the-same features mayobviously be embodied in vessels of various standard capacities, such asbushel, peck, half-peck, &c.

I claim as a new article of manufacture- The bail-ear and lifterattachment herein described, consisting of the bail-ears H, extendingdownward and sidewise, and the flange or lifter I, in one piece with theear, and obliquely drooping therefrom.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

CHAS. F. STITES.

Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, J on L. LOGAN.

